(18 Apr 2024, 8:45 am)RMF1254 wrote Forcing me to use bus / Metro would increase my journey time to the City Centre by at least 10 minutes. I live midway between 2 Metro stations with a good 25 - 30 minutes walk to each  which I sometimes do but not on a wet or rainy day when my bus stop is only about 3 minutes walk. On top of that a cancelled Metro could increase your wait by about 20 minutes sometimes which on a cold Wallsend platform is not pleasant. Give me a 10 minute bus and Metro service and I could be convinced though. Maybe Nexus could look at Switzerland for some ideas, trams, trolleybuses, buses, light rail and main line trains connecting with all operator tickets.  On the subject of the 308, where would driver changeovers be for the 306/308 and the Ridley Park area would be busless - maybe cut short the 309 instead?

Aye no arguments with that, the local service would definitely have to be very frequent for it work, it's arguably better than having everything queuing up at Corner House instead though. I know most European countries do it quite well though, never mind just Switzerland. Heck even London does really, there's not many buses running miles out the suburbs to the centre they head to the nearest Tube station. Ealing Broadway or Hammersmith I know are two massive interchanges there and both won't be a kick in the teeth in difference distance wise to say Northumberland Park or North Shields. Having a 30 minute bus from the Metro station would never work though.

309 via Ridley Park and franchising will be in soon anyway so was assuming things would be just moved around anyway.